Two years ago, Roche was the first to take the plunge, inviting a bunch of diabetes bloggers to visit their headquarters for a day of frank conversations and an “inside look” at how they make the products that keep us ticking. And they hosted us again last year at the CWD Conference.
On Friday, about 25 of us online advocates from the diabetes community were invited to Los Angeles for a day of similar interaction…
Attention, please! We’ll be hosting next week’s Grand Rounds blog carnival here at the ‘Mine. This is my third time hosting this awesome weekly forum of the best of medical and health blogging — as submitted by anyone who wants to participate.
For a look-see, check out this week’s edition over at DrPullen.com.
Lots of hosts use themes. It being the 15th of March next Tuesday, we are going for the Ides of March, an…
Over at HealthCentral Network, the theme for 2010 is “This Year, I Get My Condition Under Control.” For January, the bloggers are focused on “Pairs of Tens for Your Condition,” as in 10 Things You Should Know, 10 Myths Busted, etc., etc.
For my part, I’m taking on “10 Things I’ll Do This Year.” To make them actually matter, I’m trying not to think about them as “resolutions” — which are so easily flubbed up…
Is it OK for patients to chatter away about their doctors online, while those doctors remain under oath not to disclose patient information? And yet, some doctors do blog about interactions with their patients.
Last Friday, I was a guest on a Podcast hosted by Albert Maruggi, creator of the Social Media Throwdown series, on this topic. I was there to discuss the value of patients sharing their experiences online. The counterpoint was brought by…
I’m in New York at the moment (hi Mom!). Yesterday I took part in a very interesting gig put together by the Consumer Reports Health organization, the folks who bring you practical ratings on everything from running shoes to “best buy drugs.” It was a small gathering of health bloggers, online experts and journalists organized expressly to “encourage an interactive discussion bout consumer-driven healthcare and how health bloggers have transformed health communication.” Hmmm, I suppose…
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